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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1969
Page
1
A freight train slammed into a stationary passenger train carrying refugees near Jaipur 180 miles south of Calcutta. Authorities report 81 killed and 130 injured, with fears the toll will rise as wreckage is cleared. Unofficial estimates reach as high as 200.
East German border guards allegedly allowed two refugees to enter West Germany hidden in a cow crate. A 30 year old man and a 22 year old woman reportedly rode the animal in separate incidents. police could not confirm the claim.
Mostly sunny and warmer today with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Tonight and Wednesday will be fair and more humid with lows near 60s and highs in the low 90s. Thursday stays warm and humid with a chance of thundershowers and southerly winds 5 to 20 mph. Norwalk highs 83 and lows 62 with humidity and no precipitation noted. Births list multiple local couples with newborns and marriages license for John E Cook and Sherry D Odson. Deaths include Walter S Perschinske and Edna P Cole.
Seven Ohio born Air Force officers join NASA flight operations and mission planning teams in Houston as part of a 150 member support group. Captain William D Dupee, an astronautical engineer and Vietnam veteran from Greenwich, leads pre testing and ground control training duties.
Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin prepare for history making lunar landing at Cape Kennedy as countdown proceeds. President Johnson Spiro Agnew and many VIPs gather while technicians finalize fueling and preflight procedures ahead of the Wednesday liftoff.
Seven cars were damaged and one person cited in a chain reaction crash Monday afternoon. Helen M. Link, 71, was cited for reckless operation after her car struck the curb and rammed multiple parked vehicles in the Norwalk Clinic lot. The Kohlmyer car sustained the most damage while others received moderate damage. Later, two new ordinances to fund Maplehurst storm sewer and Julien Construction pile-driving equipment for the lower reservoir repair were expected at the Norwalk City Council meeting.
The Ways and Means Committee moved toward a Thursday floor vote on a measure to extend the property tax relief deadline for victims of the July 4 storms in northern Ohio. The bill would push the filing deadline for tax reductions to Oct 2, up from July 1, with Rep Jim Thorpe and 35 northern Ohio colleagues as sponsors.
Local educators identify patterns in dropout causes including repeated failures, older students, belligerence, high absenteeism, reading difficulties, lack of involvement, home and financial pressures, and parental attitudes toward education. Boys show higher dropout risk. girls often marry or become mothers.
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